Multiple choice general knowledge

People have died after contracting rabies from a squirrel.

  1. True

  2. False
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B Correct answer
Explanation

There are no documented cases of humans dying from squirrel-transmitted rabies. While squirrels can carry rabies, they are rarely infected and even more rarely transmit it to humans. When squirrels bite humans, rabies transmission is extremely uncommon, and post-exposure prophylaxis is almost always successful. Rabies deaths from squirrel bites essentially do not occur.

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